Four Guaranteed Ways to Increase Your New Site Traffic

Once your website is up, the next think you will think about is traffic, right?

Of course, you won’t think of ” organic” traffic in the first couple of months as most of the new sites will be caught in Google sandbox for a while before they get some authority to attract search engines.

So, what are the other options you are left with?

You can go for the social route, but that will assume you already have some fans, and are connected with some influencers. Which is usually not the case when you are just starting out, at least in the first website scenario.

Yet, you can give your website traffic a boost using some powerful techniques that can introduce you and your site to new audiences. That’s what this post is all about, so read on to know these guaranteed techniques:

Blog Commenting:

Yes, for traffic, blog commenting works like a charm! With blog commenting you can introduce yourself to more bloggers and their followers.

Yet, it largely depends on the quality of the comments you are going to leave. With these comments, you should provide value, only in that way your comment could attract people to click and visit your site. It opens the doors wide for the relationship building that can impact your business positively.

You can find relevant blogs that you can follow on a regular basis, and leave comments very often.

Remember, it’s not about how many comments you will leave and the no follow links you will gain. The purpose of this method is not to get instant visits, it’s building the relationship which matters the most. As these bloggers you connect with will come and comment on your blog and share you posts to their followers on Social Media platforms too. They could also follow your blog and come whenever you publish new posts.

Guest posting:

It’s an opportunity given to you by a blogger to talk to his/her audience. To find those bloggers, you should look for sites in your niche which have a good fan base and good metrics.

But the only real important thing is relevancy.

Let’s say you are promoting a local business, and looking for guest post opportunities, then local websites of 10-20 DA (Domain Authority) or so, that have blogs will be just great.

Here are some additional things you should focus on when you pick the site that will host your post:

The site should have an engaging community

You can see this on the site itself, with comments and shares signals those people who comment on your site will tend to build relationships with others online. It’s a great opportunity for you to build great community.

Respond to every comment on your guest post, it adds to your chances to build relations with them.

Your host should have active accounts on social media

Your main purpose is to get introduced to new audiences. Social media is great too. So, if you have picked the domains with acceptable metrics carefully, your next step is to ensure that you will get social media attention too. Your host will post the article in the social networks to get some social traffic.

But, will you wait for those who will click on your links in the guest post? You shouldn’t!

Go to those social media platforms and see those who will engage with the post there, and join the party.

Don’t compromise the quality

Remember, the quality of the post you will submit to them should be super great, otherwise it will be a big loss of time, even if it is accepted, as your main goal is to attract their audience and to convert some of them to be regular visitors to your site, and that will not happen if you didn’t add value.

Interviews:

This technique has been used since a long time ago, even before the age of digital marketing, TV shows like Oprah Winfrey, is a big examples. You will interview those famous niche players, and they will share the interview link with their friends and fans, most of them will come to your website to read it.

All you need to do is research the person you will interview and come up with relevant question to his experience.

Awesome technique, isn’t it.

However, most of the interviews are conducted via email, some could prefer to conduct live interviews to save time and get the most out of interviewee experience.

Whether you conduct it on Skype or by E-mail, here are some tips for mastering the interview technique:

Get their acceptance first

Before you spend your valuable time to design your questions, shoot them an email first, to check if they are interested in being interviewed in your blog, and have time to answer your questions.

Do good research on your interviewee

If you weren’t following the interviewee for a while, do enough research on their website, social media profiles, or groups he/she own. It would be awesome if you could read their latest book or any publications they have. This will help you to introduce your interviewee in some sentences at the beginning and also to help design your great questions.

Give your interviewee an idea about your audience:

This helps you to provide a great reading experience to your readers. As you are just starting, most of them didn’t ever know about your blog, spend some minutes giving them an idea on your targeted audience.

Ask unique questions

Your questions should be unique. You shouldn’t copy questions of other bloggers, and just send them to your interviewee, it doesn’t reflect any professionalism. Design your own questions and put yourself in the place of your reader. What does he want to know about the interviewee? After the research you’ve done on him, I’m sure you will come up with dozens of question, just pick the important ones.

Give their empire a mention

Yes, they are famous enough, but yet they love to get their website mentioned. Believe me, it means a lot to them, it creates a backlink, brand exposure and much more. So, never ever forget it.

Roundup Posts:

Believe it, roundup posts are the best ever for traffic exposure. It requires a lot of work and time, but the results are outstanding.

In this method you will invite experts in your niche to answer questions you previously prepared and publish their answers and views on that topic on your blog, and featuring their high authority sites and social profiles.

Imagine that you have picked a topic that attract a lot of readers in your niche and got contributions from reputable experts in the niche. How many visits you will get if you post such a post on social media networks?

Given the fact that all these experts will be there with you promoting it! That will be a big party that you will never forget!

The post got 525 shares in the first day and 1250+ shares till now, which is due to the influencers’ engagement, simply they are experts in the field got invited to participate and they felt happy enough to share it on their social accounts.

Here are some tips to get the most of your roundup posts:

Carefully pick an interesting topic

Picking the right topic plays a huge role in your roundup success, for these experts it is not all about getting an easy backlink, they have their sense, and they will be less likely to participate if they feel that your roundup is going to be a boring page. They want to be part of another cool work that adds value to the readers.

Ask the right experts

Searching for experts to get them involved in your roundup post is the biggest task in this technique, not every expert is interested to participate in roundup posts. So, you have to find these interested guys. You can search your niche roundups to find experts who already participated in previous roundups. Those who have active social media accounts also mostly tend to participate in roundup posts. Another option is to go to the sites of reputable experts and invite them to participate.

Only invite those who are in your niche or in related niches.

Ask the right questions

As they are experts in their niche, they are super busy, so don’t send them a lot of questions, or ask for high minimum word count, send one question or two maximum, relevant to their experience, that would help you in getting high conversion rate and qualitative responses as well.

Give them enough time to respond

Be reminded that it’s not the only task on their “plate”, these people have a lot of work to do. You should have that in mind and specify a deadline of 7-10 days to send their contributions, before you start sending them your soft reminder.

Just be aware that some people check the site that they will contribute on and might not be motivated enough to participate. But your outreach email can play a great role here, as it can show your professionalism.

Once you go the roundup posts way, you will love it!

Final words

You should always remember that there is no shortcuts to success, and all these techniques require hard work to bear fruit. So be ready to dedicate quality time to these tasks and the needed efforts.

Now we came to an end to this post that was all about how to get traffic to your new website. It is the time to hear from you, about your experience with these techniques, how did they work for you, also if you have any other way, never hesitate, just share it in the comments.

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Hussain Omar has built his expertise as a knowledgeable and experienced SEO strategist, he's the founder of Hustaw SEO, and the guy behind Cost Effective SEO blog. An addict to anything related to SEO, Search Engine Marketing, Internet Marketing, and Blogging.

Great tips and great advice. I hadn’t heard of the round-up post (with the official name) but it is a great idea and brings more ideas to the writing table and visitors! I have some similar things where I’ve quoted other people’s blogs that focused on the topics, but I like having specific answers to the same questions that way you can get a focused response. ~ Johanna

Hi Hussain,
Great post and I agree that roundup posts are an awesome way to get traffic to a blog. I’ve been involved in a couple of them but I’ve not actually written one myself. I may do that in the near future. So thank you for your suggestions in putting one together.

Blog commenting is also a good way to get traffic. It does take time but anything good is worth the time you put into it.

Interviews; I had started doing interviews on my blog but when I lost my blog twice this past year, I’ve yet to get them put back up on my blog. I need to do that.

Valuable comments are not only there to boost traffic but also to increase the value of the brand or the person. Guest posting is also a great way but one should not follow that blindly. It is really necessary to take every step with utmost care.

When boosting traffic also focus on improving brand value. Glad you have shared these tips.

Some of the best ways of getting traffic to a new website as always been blog commenting, Forum posts, social media activity and H.A.R.O. (Help A Reporter Out). All of these help your website build a reputation within its niche. Forwarded and Forum posts will lead to traffic on your website. Because these posts are typically in Niche specific sites. I highly recommend making blog and Forum comments on sites where you would expect to find customers. This will help generate new traffic. not to mention many of those posts will also give you a backlink, some will be do follow some will be no follow. But both will be good

Best effective ways you have mentioned but one thing you missed or I think that you have not mentioned in a describable way you could is that Keyword research is the most important part among all this.
Blog commenting and Backlinking is not suitable if you have not researched effectively !

Hi Hussain. I agree with your list. After reading your first few lines I thought you were going to talk about PPC or something. While that can work, my feeling is that someone just starting out can make better use of their limited resources improving their website. But you didn’t go that route. Commenting has worked very well for me. It gets you the exposure you are looking for and you just might make a new friend in the process too. I haven’t done the other 3 myself but I’ve seen a lot of guest posts lately so they must work.

Thank you for the great tips. And for me that just take a few step in blogging got thousand miles to go, but every journey start with the first step. I don’t know what will happen in the future but I’m glad that I started it.Azrol Boroi recently posted…Movies/TV Series Penyebab Perut Buncit?

I completely agree with you on the observations that you have made here Hussain. I personally practice most of them. But I do need to start actioning the interviews suggestion. Also, may be I should increase the frequency of doing these activities. Do you think one round up post every month is a good number? Or is it over kill?Raghu Rao recently posted…100 Free Social Bookmarking Sites To Boost Your SEO- 2017

Hey Raghu,
Good question, doing massive roundup post requires a huge work, you can do it every 3 months. If you are thinking to do some on monthly bases, you should 5-10 experts, it will be something that you can handle with the other posts you should have in the month. Hope that helps.Hussain Omar recently posted…11 Ways to Breathe New Life Into Old Blog Posts

One of the amazing post I have ever read. But I need a small clarification. Will buiding the backlinks increase the site’s traffic? If yes, which backlink building method will be more effective?
Awaiting your reply.
Thanks so much.

Hi Hussain,
I have tried some of these strategies, and they really worked like magic. I will give the roundup post idea a try.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful post.Taiwo Emayosanlomo recently posted…4 Ways to Increase the Quality of Your Thought

Woow!
I never see a short article with great content like this and which are on point.
We all want to boost our blogs traffic, so this is the post every blogger should read.
This is my first time in your blog and its will be my breakfast everyday.
Thanks for sharing useful information.
Cheers,
Hemant.Hemant Kumar recently posted…Rank on the First Page of Google- The Ultimate Guide [InfoGraphic]

Really good tips and I have tried to follow some similar guidelines for quite some time now. Leaving comments is for me not always to get links back to my page, it is also a way to help others. Having proper – no spam – comments on the post gives some kind of credentials to the post. 🙂Jesper, The Biveros Effect recently posted…Sights in Bratislava – Námestie Slobody

Great post! All of the methods listed here are great and need to be followed in order to increase traffic. One thing which I would like to add is that one must do a thorough keyword research before making your post. It is the most important thing you need to do. Many new bloggers do not use the keywords effectively and target high competition keywords due to which they are not able to get higher on search results.Zaffar recently posted…11th Hour 16th January 2017 Full by Ary News

Hey Zaffar,
Targeting long tail keywords that have low competition is a great choice, but even that should be done with perfect sense, with out keyword stuffing. Yet, it is On-page technique.
I suggested these techniques in this post as one needn’t to wait till these keywords rank, the SEO is not an overnight game, right?

Hi Donna,
I don’t blame these bloggers, there is a huge misconception about making money blogging. Most of the new blogger think that they will setup a WorkPress, rank and bank. It is not that easy at all.
They didn’t know that they need to pass all the test out there and leave no stone unturned, to show Google that they are real authorities in their niches. Real guys who will do it with Google or without it, and only then, Google will rank their pages.

Great suggestions for quickly increasing traffic to your site. Guest posting, especially when you do it often with high caliber guests, along with interviews, can bring lots of additional attention to your blog. But the 2 methods that really bring the kind of attention you want is through joining a blogging group like PAC and creating roundup posts.

Thanks for this reminder to find new ways to boost your traffic and make lots of valuable connections at the same time.

Hey DrErica,
PAC is an endless love! Generally, in the blogging communities, you will build the relationships with great people who came for the same purpose, and this is why it becomes a piece of cake. You all help each other to rock the web together.
I’m now preparing for the second roundup btw. As I told before in the post, once you do it, you will love it!Hussain Omar recently posted…How I Gained 500 Social Shares Overnight!

These are excellent suggestions, and you’ve reminded me of something I’d completely forgotten about – interviews. I keep beating myself up for not doing more guest posting, but when I look back I can clearly see the biggest bumps in traffic and subscribers were the result of interviews. But you are right, one needs to be picky about how we invest our time because not all interview opportunities will get you in front of your audience. Thanks for the tips and inspiration!Marquita Herald recently posted…What It Really Means To Create A Vision

I’m so happy you liked the suggestions here, and found them inspiring, Marquita!
Don’t beat yourself up, you can do more of them this year, we always look back to our stats and get needed feedback, then we edit our strategies, right?
Thanks for stopping by!
Regards
HussainHussain Omar recently posted…Copyscape Alternatives: 12 Most Used Plagiarism Checkers in 2016/2017

I believe blog commenting is one of the most powerful ways to get traffic to your own blog, however it does depend somewhat on where you comment as well as the quality of comments. I have noticed increasingly that many bloggers do not reciprocate with return visits and comments. It’s a shame, I wonder if they even read the comment I have left them! Many also do not answer your comments. Very bad practice and very rude, I think!

Hey Hussain,
A great post! Thanks for sharing. These are really some of the important tips that could increase your Website’s traffic. I improved my site’s traffic with these tips since I am a newbie in this field. Once again thanks for such an informative post.Wilson Smith recently posted…How To Root Samsung Galaxy J5 Without Computer

Find the relevant blog and approach them for a guest post is the best way to generate the quality backlink for your website. I am using is the strategy for many years now and it has produced the very good result. Google has changed the algorithm completely. User engagement is the key to getting higher ranking. You must focus on producing good quality content for users which eventually drive traffic to your website. The guest post does the both so I would recommend if you want to get the top position in the organic search then start sharing content on different sites.

Hii Hussain, I’m appreciated with your post, I believe Guest Posting and Blog commenting is best way to promote any site to increse traffic. I’m also promote our own site with that activities. Thanks for Sharing this informative article. Thanks.

Well, I believe in Guest Posting for readership building and in long term it helps me gain a lot of traffic, although Blog commenting and other methods are also helpful, but not that much, may be only for me or for all, I don’t know.

Some of these points are fine but I’m not even sure what point six is all about. And how can you write a post about increasing blog traffic without including a point about the importance of guest blogging?

Hi Hussain,
Thanks for this very informative and useful post, I like this and read it from beginning to the end.

Is blog commenting really powerful yet after new update of Google?
Please tell me I’m confused, I have started a movie website yesterday. As we all know that getting traffic on a movie website is very easy then I want to ask you, I my website goes viral then is Google put it i sandbox?

Hi Vijay,
As I said in the post, these no follow links of blog commenting, hardly push the SERPs, unless the competition is almost none.
The power of it is in the networking and the online presence.
Any new site might face a difficulty to rank especially if they are involved in suspicious behavior, so stay safe. Going viral is a good sign, however it doesn’t affect the SERPs, but yet there is a great possibility to gain backlinks.Hussain Omar recently posted…Copyscape Alternatives: 12 Most Used Plagiarism Checkers in 2016

You are right with the help of above-mentioned strategies one can increase the traffic of new website easily and effectively. But for getting consistent organic traffic, we are in need to work on our content as well as Onpage and Offpage SEO.

Hi Hussain,
This is a very good article on how to get traffic to one’s new blog. I find that the comment works best as long they are of a high quality and value. Round-ups can be effective as well but then again it depends on the expert(s) availability and the response time can be very long.
Notwithstanding this can be of great the persons just getting started.

Hi Vinton,
A lot of people think that it is hard to do the roundup post, they should just start, then things will become easier, it really worth the efforts. Your timing is very important too, I was going to have another roundup post on November, but couldn’t do it for some reasons, and found it not appropriate now to conduct it on December, as most of the experts will be chasing the time to finish their work before the holidays. That’s why I’m planning now to do it on Jan. 🙂

Hi Hussian,
That is a great article on increasing traffic to a new site.
I was the most interested in interviewing famous niche players information.
They will naturally share the interview link with their fans & friends who will come to your website to read it. “All you need is to do is proper research on the person you will interview and come up with relevant questions to his/her experience.” An Awesome technique.
Great article.Kathryn Maclean recently posted…Goal Setting Strategy

Hi Kathryn,
Great to know you are interested in the interviews technique, eager the know about the results.
BTW, these people you will interview could be the influencers who can be part of roundup posts too 🙂

All the tips you did give here are very helpful for beginners and seasoned bloggers.
Quality commenting on blogs and social media, Round up and guest posts are powerful ways to build relationships. I think in the future it will be more important than only ranking.
There are already webpreneurs who build a good and responsive community with these Methods you recommend here. Ranking will be easier if your tips are implemented.
Thank you for your like always valuable post.
Erika

Great to know that you are one of the commenting lovers, you read others’ views of the topics you like, leave your thoughts in comment and end with strong relationship built over time. Great process isn’t it?
It also counts to the online presence.

Glad you found my tips great!
Being a blogging is all about being patient, the online work results are not instant.
A blogger shouldn’t be disappointed even if she/he got negative responses, every campaign has a conversion rate, and should be in mind since the beginning.
Thanks for your nice comment, Lorraine!Hussain Omar recently posted…Top 150 Evergreen Niches: The Ultimate List!